Transitions

As of last week we have been in Houston for one year!! We are so blessed here and so thankful for God bringing us here!

When we came we quickly found a place to rent and our plan was to rent for a year and then buy a house. So our year is up! And instead of buy a house, we decided to build one... Which means our lease is up (as of this weekend) and we don't have a house to move into quite yet. So we are living with sweet friends (seriously, what amazing friends to let a family of 3 invade their house!) while we wait for our house to be finished (hopefully by Aug 1st).

Along with the transitions of our living arrangements, we now have a toddler! Not a baby, but a walking/running toddler who keeps us super busy! I did not think a year ago it was possible to be more tired; but even with a full nights sleep, running after G and keeping up w him (and the 2 big dogs we live w that have become his fur-siblings) is exhausting! Fun! But exhausting. 

I turned 28 this last weekend and while I'm not yet 30 and am still young; there are days I feel old and tired. Haha, and I only have one so far! Lol.

Here we go again!

Remember when I said back in October that I had finally figured out mommy-hood enough to start blogging again....? We'll I failed. 😔 Sorry! But now I have finally figured out that I can blog from my phone and not have to wait for a chance to get on the computer... I know, I'm slow to catching up! 

So here we go again! Unfortunately, I missed blogging all about Grayson's first birthday. But if we're friends in Facebook then you should be all caught up; if we're not friends then... Be my friend! ;) 

Today I am reminiscing that one year ago we moved here! It's amazing to me how much has changed and how much God has blessed us! After a year being here in Houston we have a healthy 14 mo old sweet little boy, Tony is thriving and loving his job with the Middle School students at Houston's First Baptist, we have friends that bless us and love our son, our cup is overflowing!

So, sorry for the delay in blogging, promising more of an effort!

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I suck at updating, sorry!! However, I trying out the blogger app on my phone right now and if it works ok I should be able to update easier and more often. ;)

November came and went way to fast! The only thing I actually remember that happened was Thanksgiving. We stayed here in Houston and some sweet friends had us over for Thanksgiving dinner.

December Grayson turned 9months old!! How is it possible that I have a 9mo already!? He had his 9mo check up and everything is great! He is tall and skinny just like his daddy. He started crawling all over the place this month and is not satisfied with being on his knees and pulls up on everything! He also started eating a ton of table food. Big boy will refuse baby food for big people food... Oh goodness!

We got to go to Illinois for 10 whole days for Christmas! It was SOO great, and freezing!! Literally the day we got there there was a blizzard warning. :( We are so very blessed by our families and their love for us and our sweet baby boy. Wish they could see him more often.

We also had a great opportunity for the family to be together for some great pics on Christmas Eve! Will be thankful for these pics, especially with great grandmas!

Grayson had such a fun time playing w his cousin, Koen, and his Aunt Alicia and Aunt Stephanie. And he got some special quality time with Nana and Papa and Grandma. It was so sweet watching him interact w family!

We are back in Houston for New Years. It feels strange not making New Years plans, but w a little one we are staying home and hopefully able to stay up for the ball drop. ;)


HAPPY NEW YEAR friends!!!

FALL!

Have I mentioned how much I love fall!!? LOVE it! The crisp cool air, sweaters, scarfs, boots, hot cocoa/cider/pumpkin spice latte... it is all FALL! Anyway, I say that because we had a nice little cold front this weekend and it finally felt like fall for a quick minute down here in Houston!  And the cold fall feeling was perfect timing for some fall fun at the Middle School Retreat! That's right Grayson and me both got to go with daddy to the retreat and we had so much fun!  I always love seeing Tony work with students and watching/listening to him preach, and this weekend Grayson and I both got to see daddy in action! And Grayson got to join me with my group of 7th grade girls small group... they called him our mascot. ;)

  

Grayson was definitely not short of attention....

... and we definitely wore him out!

The next week after the retreat was Halloween! If yall have read our blog, you know how much Tony and I LOVE Halloween!  We dress up and go all out.  This, however, is our first Halloween not dressing up, going to Halloween parties or haunted houses. It was a little sad feeling like such an adult, but had fun focusing on our sweet little skeleton baby and Tony had to work for First Fest at the church.  It is a giant festival of carnival games and food and fun for families.  We put our lil guy in glow in the dark skeleton pjs. Tony worked a carnival game (there were lots of carnival games for kiddos to get candy at).  While daddy did his shift, Grayson and I explored and had some of our own fun! He experienced his first little ball pit (wasn't sure what to think about that) and got lots of love from some of our students! He definitely is loved on here :)

October

This month is flying by!! I can't believe that it is already the end of October... Christmas is right around the corner and I am sooo excited! :)

Looking back Grayson is just growing like crazy, I can't seem to get him to SLOW DOWN! He has been on solid foods now for almost 2 months. He's eaten green beans, peas, carrots, squash, avocados, prunes, bananas, peaches, pears, apples and oatmeal.  He really likes yogurt and bananas and prunes (thank God he likes prunes for as much as he needs to eat them, poor baby). He loves to gnaw on and share bananas and watermelon with you, and he is getting the hang of the Gerber puffs! We are about to try mangos, apricots, mashed potatoes, zucchini, blueberries and turkey. He is sitting up and rolling all over the place, he scoots and crawls backwards, but we're not quite to crawling yet.  We will probably be needing to move his crib down a notch soon - scared to walk in and him be sitting up on his own in the morning! ;)

We have had a lot of firsts this month! I left Tony and Grayson overnight for the first time to go to the Women's Retreat... and they did AWESOME!  Tony ran his first 5K, Grayson went to the park and on the swings for the first time, Grayson had his first sleepover buddy this last weekend, first pumpkin patch and first movie going experience!

Tony's 5K and Grayson and I cheering him on!

He LOVES playing at the park!

Grayson had his first buddy stay overnight....

... and we got to practice having 2 kids :)

First (of many) Pumpkin Patch!

 

First Drive-In Movies

I have to share how awesome Tony is.  He has Fridays off (since he works Sundays), and every Friday (and sometimes Saturdays) he lets me sleep in while he gets up with Grayson between 6:30/7 and feeds him his first bottle and plays with him and usually they go get Bro-Nuts (donuts for bros).  And usually when I wake up I walk in during Grayson's morning nap... on daddy. That boy loves his daddy and cuddling for nap time and it melts my heart!

Make him stop growing!

4-7 months

This coming weekend we will be going to the Middle School Retreat! Should be fun with Grayson, all the students love him :)  For Halloween we will be at our church for First Fest and he will be a skeleton (above picture of his skeleton sleeper). As much as I want time to slow down and for him to stop growing up, I'm ready for November to zoom by so we can get to December! We LOVE Christmas, and I'm fairly certain my son is a Christmas elf with as much Christmas music he listened to in my tummy and how much he kicked last year. So excited to have our first Christmas as a family of 3 and to go to Illinois to see family and hopefully Grayson can experience snow!  December Grayson will be 9 months old and will have his 9 month Dr appt. Time is flying... Catch it and make it stop! ;)

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